Upcoming Albums of 2012
2012 has been a bustling scene for us with New York Fashion Week, SXSW, and Coachella all on the horizon. As we’re preparing for fashion and festival season, we’d like to share our picks of newly...
Light and Surface
Seven years ago during a barbecue, lighting and video artist Ricardo Rivera’s work appeared on the radar. He is the Co-Founder of the production house Klip Collective, who shared his project. It appeared to be a three-dimensional tape recorder that he created out of light projections. Mind blowing and appeared incredibly real! Since then, Rivera has...
PST: Art in the Parking Space @ The Standard, Hollywood
On Tuesday, 1/24 evening, no one cared to be inside the bar at West Hollywood’s The Standard Hotel. Instead, patrons opted to grab a drink in the underground parking garage and observe the Art in the Parking Space. This year-long series of performative installations are a part of Pacific Standard Time’s (PST) Performance and Public Art Festival that is Co-Curated by...
Forage at Vedge
Nestled in Philadelphia’s historic Tiger Building is Vedge, the latest incarnation from husband and wife team Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby – chefs and owners of the much-loved and critically-acclaimed Horizons off South Street. Vedge is a sprawling space with two 20+ seat dining rooms, a bar and a cocktail lounge with four functional fireplaces...
Win Tickets to See Snowmine
Snowmine’s residency at Piano’s is rapidly approaching, and we’re thrilled to have the line-up confirmed. For our curated night on February 23, we’ve got Awning, Decades, and Tiny Victories supporting. Check out what people are saying about these noteworthy acts. Snowmine, a Brooklyn five-piece with haunting vocals by the incredibly inspiring Grayson Sanders is a mystical...
Runway Dragons
Gung hay fat choy! 2012 is the Year of the Dragon and today is the celebration of the Lunar New Year. In tandem with the centuries-old festivities, and New York Fashion Week’s near-term arrival, here are a few profiles of Chinese-American designers who continue to innovate the world of fashion. Derek Lam, Phillip Lim, Anna Sui, Vivienne...
Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) ’12 with Director Tim Fleming
Art Los Angeles Contemporary is currently hosting its third edition at the Santa Monica Airport’s Barkar Hangar with a winning program; half Los Angeles and half international gallery participation. Tim Fleming, the Director of ALAC states, “there’s a real sense of hospitality,” when describing the tone of the fair. He continues, “ALAC was created from...
Absurdities and Feints
Carnage is the latest offering from Academy Award-winning director Roman Polanski, and is based on the Olivier Award-winning play Le Dieu du Carnage (or God of Carnage) by Yasmina Reza. “She is a born satirist, a gifted and wry observer of the absurdities and feints of social life,” as well as “the small self-deceptions that...
PST…Culver City’s Gallery Tab
January is the halfway mark of the six month long unprecedented cultural collaboration entitled, Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980 (PST). Today (1/19) marks the kickoff for both Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) and PST: Public Art and Performance Festival. We’re excited to report back from ALAC’s opening and Art in the...
Busy Media Bees at The Great Salt Lake
Guest blogger duo, Susan Brinson and William Brison are Co-Founders of a Design & Style boîte called House of Brinson. They will be speaking about food and photography and hosting two workshops this Saturday, 1/21 for Alt Design Summit. Tonight’s 1/19 conference dinners hopes to produce enough pollen for busy media bees to make fresh...
Snowmine Piano’s Residency, Coming this February
Brooklyn-based Snowmine is curating & headlining four nights at Piano’s in New York City’s Lower East Side. Kicking off February 2, 2012, each night will feature three supporting acts and be co-presented by a different partner including ExFm (2/2), The Wild Honey Pie (2/9), The Deli NYC (2/16), and Pulp Lab (2/23). This residency is...
Modern Proletariats and Ranchers at Capsule Show
Today is the opening of the Capsule Show A/W 2012 in NYC, which will take place until tomorrow, 1/17. This menswear trade show’s name is apropos – there are over 200 granules of independent designers and small-mid size labels present. The proletariat and rancher style vocabulary have been incorporated to today’s dandy wardrobe. A balance of...
Guide to 11 Days of Art Under the LA Sun
Today, Los Angeles, 74 degrees and sunny. Needless to say, after ABMB in December, LA in 2012, truly merits to be the subsequent art destination. Southern California boasts an extensive program of art, performance, film and design exhibitions and events that serve as a primer about the early Southern California art scene. Shortlisting is a must....
Culinary Salon for Seventy
Supper clubs are social events centered around food to be enjoyed by many. City Grit has embraced its Southern roots, the 1930s and 1940s prohibition roadhouses and the Latin American paladar and transformed an old school house with the help of local designer WRK in NoLita into a “culinary salon”. Sarah Simmons, Chef and Curator...
Hint of Fall + 1 Day to NYFW A/W ’12 Lineup
Tomorrow, Tuesday January 10th, Mercedez-Benz New York Fashion Week will announce its Autumn/Winter 2012 lineup. The Pre-Fall 2012 coverage and Spring/Summer 2012 shows may provide some clues to next season’s womenswear collection. Jenni Kayne and Preen are caressed by androgyny, with oversized sweaters, rectangular frames and front-pleated pants with graphic tribal print inspired geometric lines....
Curves and Purpose
Eva Zeisel is a “maker of things” who is known for her iconic work in ceramics. She was the first woman to learn the craft in Hungary’s pottery guild. Stylistically, the unique curvature and biomorphic shape inherent in her work are inspired by the female figure and womanhood. Bauhaus has influenced her aesthetic to incorporate...
